Cnemaspis kumpoli
| Cnemaspis kumpoli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. kumpoli
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| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis kumpoli Taylor, 1963
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Cnemaspis kumpoli, also known commonly as Kumpol's rock gecko and the Trang Province gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, kumpoli, is in honor of Nai Kumpol Isarankura, who was Curator of Zoological Specimens at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]C. kumpoli is found in West Malaysia (Perlis, Selangor) and southern Thailand (Satun, Songkhla, Trang).[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. kumpoli is rocky areas of forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]C. kumpoli is oviparous.[1][2] Clutch size is two eggs.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Sumontha M, Trivalarait P, Thaksintham W, Cota M (2018). "Cnemaspis kumpoli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T99942965A99942991.en. Accessed on 31 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "Cnemaspis kumpoli ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis kumpoli, p. 148).
Further reading
[edit]- Grismer LL (2011). Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their Adjacent Archipelagos. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira. 728 pp. ISBN 978-3899734843.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cnemaspis kumpoli, p. 63). (in German).
- Taylor EH (1963). "The Lizards of Thailand". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 44: 687–1077. (Cnemaspis kumpoli, new species, pp. 746–749, Figure 12).
- Ulber T, Schäfer C (1986). "Beobachtungen in Biotop von Cnemaspis kumpoli Taylor, 1963 mit einer Wiederbeschreibung der Art [=Observations on the biotope of Cnemaspis kumpoli Taylor, 1963 with a redescription of the species]". Sauria 8 (4): 27–30. (in German).